That's it for now. Cross my blackened husk of a heart. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327657#Comment_327657Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:51:55 -0500roadscumI'm pleased to see that Mr Flecky is back - it might be a struggle but you are sounding much better than before sir, keep up the fight! And on that theme, here is a picture of the foetid depths of a place which i am not allowed to name but which you know well, complete with shuffling zombie:-

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327698#Comment_327698Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:07:15 -0500OsmosisThe Photography Thread (SPRING 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327705#Comment_327705
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327705#Comment_327705Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:27:47 -0500JehrotActually, that second shot was taken from the ground at Swayambhunath 'monkey' temple in Kathmandu. It's a Black Kite, and there were herds of the vicious bastards.

I've been slowly but surely uploading more shots on my flickr (jethrostamps), including some of monkeys defiling a beautiful temple with increasingly lurid acts.

The first shot I put here wasn't actually a hawk at all, it was a Griffon Vulture! Shows how much I know about flappers. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327754#Comment_327754Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:05:40 -0500oddbill

Similar to a previous shot. Probably not the last attempt at it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=327921#Comment_327921Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:04:16 -0500shannon.gilly.3A couple of decaying shelters:

Thank you ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=328253#Comment_328253Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:38:17 -0500256Amazing stuff from everyone. Must be the spring. Thanks for all the kind words on the flower pix, by the way. Still feeling uncertain about this texture business, but it's interesting to play around with. Viz:

Thanks for the macro appreciation, all. Been wanting to get into the whole macro thing for years, and finally being in the position to pick up a macro lens feels fantastic. As luck would have it, my thrice accursed fridge bargled up a couple more prime examples of why I probably shouldn't be living alone. Plus a perfectly good plum that just got caught up with the wrong crowd.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329155#Comment_329155Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:27:41 -0500Rachæl Tyrell
Some more pictures of my home county in New Jersey:

I bought a 5 dollar plate of welders glass at Home Depot and rubber banded it onto the front of my camera. Add tripod, cable release, and a bicycle trip round the city's circumference and you get this. Not bad results for being a factor of ten cheaper than the nearest equivalent at B&H, which is anyway shuttered while the angel of death passes over our heads and smites egyptian children. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329247#Comment_329247Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:49:38 -0500Rachæl Tyrellbah ha ha ha ha...

But wait. Can you explain why welders glass? Like, the green stuff? Is the idea the same principle behind the special effects of the transformation into Mr Hyde?

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329250#Comment_329250Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:30:27 -0500BankaraThe Photography Thread (SPRING 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329256#Comment_329256
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329256#Comment_329256Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:52:34 -0500shannon.gilly.3my truck has a bad habit of sneaking into the background of my pictures ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329305#Comment_329305Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:08:21 -0500manglrMy second thought was that a photo essay of the orthodox Jews of B&H would be really cool. (Which is, I'm sure, a thought that pretty much every customer of B&H has at some point or another.)

(Cool work with the welder's glass, I may have to give that a try to see if it would fit in my ND holder.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329344#Comment_329344Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:30:06 -0500roadscum@ mangler: Filter holder? Blu tack has a multitude of photographic uses... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329358#Comment_329358Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:53:11 -0500twentythoughtsThese were taken on Tuesday.

The crowd in front of one of the stages, with the original World Trade Center looming in the background. The artist playing is Alex McMurray, a guy who's absolutely huge on the local scene, but who pretty much never gigs outside of city limits.

The Creole Queen and a commercial tanker barge whose name I failed to catch.

Sazerac at Tujague's. Not the absolute best version of the drink in town, but not the worst, either, and they make it the exact same way they've been making it since absinthe was outlawed and Herbsaint was introduced. The bar itself has been largely unmolested since well before prohibition.

And last but not least, the special at RBar. Shot of Jameson, can of PBR, $5. Don't ask to try on the bunny mask. They just might let you, and you Really don't want to know where that thing's been. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329503#Comment_329503Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:41:48 -0500trini_naenae ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329569#Comment_329569Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:09:54 -0500Dylanblues ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329651#Comment_329651Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:36:47 -0500allanaI used to be really concerned with quality over quantity, but since I've been on 500px I really just use Flickr as a file-dump. Is that okay? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329732#Comment_329732Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:53:55 -0500Steve Toase ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=329886#Comment_329886Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:34:34 -0500Jehrot

Dunno how I didn't post these before (unless I did and fail at forum-reading): ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330102#Comment_330102Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:16:04 -0500roadscum
this up on the Flickr blog. You can see why i might be interested, can't you?

Yes you can. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330115#Comment_330115Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:06:18 -0500nelzbubBin men in Hamburg turn wheelie bins into pinhole cameras. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330149#Comment_330149Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:33:32 -0500roadscum(That's what the link in my post was about, ta for pointing it out though.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330164#Comment_330164Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:47:36 -0500nelzbub
It made me laugh to think that while you're recording them, they may be recording you! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330168#Comment_330168Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:00:29 -0500Kieran
Been lazying around on day to day pics, need to feed the camera again with some new series ...I'm still going with the 365 pics trip.Enjoy

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330184#Comment_330184Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:29:59 -0500trini_naenaeI took this (and others) in February but just got around to uploading them to flickr. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330204#Comment_330204Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:44:50 -0500shannon.gilly.3

Paddle wheel of the steamboat Natchez. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330226#Comment_330226Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:38:40 -0500Steve ToaseOld whale jawbone arch at WhitbyFish net sculptureJames Cook MonumentSaw this branch trapped in the weir this morning, so tried to capture the movement. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330246#Comment_330246Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:21:01 -0500Jehrot
national geographic's 'daily dozen' feature! It's made my week (which has been an absolute shitstain). If any of you fine, lovely, generous folk feel like voting, there's a chance it'll make it into print, which would probably make my decade. It's the "voting machine" tab on the left. Cheers guys! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330257#Comment_330257Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:06:35 -0500joanneleah ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330268#Comment_330268Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:13:21 -0500manglrWas shooting in an artfully decrepit old barn last week, it's amazing what you find in a place that hasn't been cleaned since the Great Depression.

Giant Squid, Fight Amp, and East of the Wall. Rosetta pictures still being processed. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330280#Comment_330280Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:30:13 -0500cjkoger
@manglr Love that helmet picture. That place must have been an awesome find.@Steve I already have Big sailor jerry ship tattoo, but i really want that resolution somewhere now. @Allana shot Something about shot 2 rocks my world. Using filters at all? I really like everything you've been posting lately.

I could really comment on pretty much everything here. Tons of great stuff, and even some great growth lately. I lurk through this post consistently, so i may not comment a ton, but i am always looking through it all. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330287#Comment_330287Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:20:10 -0500dorkmuffinSelect Rosetta pictures below:

Taken in Brooklyn a few days ago... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330793#Comment_330793Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:51:24 -0500Jehrot ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330913#Comment_330913Wed, 02 May 2012 13:20:59 -0500roadscumWhen the song was over they got up and danced and the bush joined in.

I saw the dawn on Mayday in a car park halfway up a hill in the wilds of Kent, watching oddly dressed people dance about bashing each other with sticks in the rain. I got very wet. Strangely enough, this was great fun. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=330962#Comment_330962Thu, 03 May 2012 05:22:57 -0500shannon.gilly.3Superdome at night (the MB rebranding almost fails to be tacky)Musician Allen Toussaint's 1979 Rolls Royce ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331084#Comment_331084Fri, 04 May 2012 14:19:15 -0500oldhat

I wish I could say I made it brighter in post, but no. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331139#Comment_331139Sat, 05 May 2012 07:41:12 -0500government spyThe Photography Thread (SPRING 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331148#Comment_331148
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..Super Moon. ]]>
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Finish lineclouds over the grounds ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331289#Comment_331289Mon, 07 May 2012 10:22:37 -0500256
sure that it was going to be of one of those distressing snapping-mouth Hobby Horse things from the dark side of Morrising, but I think you've outdone even that.

... regarding the third pic, somebody asked my about the prints for the series and since I turned numerical I haven't done any print of work. The mere thought of it surprisingly troubled me ...

And keeping the 365 is still a terrible challenge when working and travelling around ... anyway, don't forget to visit me on Mondo Corretto ... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331652#Comment_331652Sun, 13 May 2012 08:29:34 -0500Steve ToaseDriving shot on the way backFor more info on Fran and Jane's work you can have a look hereFrances PayneJane Carlisle ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=331721#Comment_331721Mon, 14 May 2012 09:46:11 -0500allanaFrom treeplanting (and a disposable camera I developed a year afterwards):

I took this super-fly bomb-ass totally wicked photo the other day. I keep staring into it and dissociating and thinking about lady-bits and stuff. I didn't want to crop it so close but it was the only way to get all the detail in.

I'd have entered this in 'Fairy Tales' had I taken it then... she was watching footage of Britain being bombed at night in the Blitz, and I think pretty shocked at realising how horrific it must have been.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=332781#Comment_332781Tue, 29 May 2012 11:05:21 -0500shannon.gilly.3I've started working as a pedicab operator in New Orleans, right as it's starting to get really hot. This was the only cloud I saw all day yesterday, and it didn't even have the decency to block out the sun for a minute. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=332837#Comment_332837Tue, 29 May 2012 16:15:32 -0500dorkmuffinWhole set here.

Cropping/resizing aside, how many of you use some kind of...ha, don't know the proper technical term for it, sorry...some kind of "processing" once you get the pics home or onto whichever gadget you use to view them? I'm tempted to say "photoshopped" but, besides all the other image editing software out there, that term can be misinterpreted too easily. I don't care either way - stunningly gorgeous is still stunningly gorgeous, regardless of how it might've been manipulated before it hits my retinas.

This lovely Austrian gentleman below rode his push bike across the globe searching for meaning in his life. He has lived as a Buddhist monk in Sri-Lanka for the last 28 years. He is most excellent and we now exchange emails. His are markedly more interesting than mine.

The last two have nothing to do with Buddhism at all, unless you're being abstract.

@The Mighty Foamhead As far as post-processing goes I use Aperture, which is a mac-only photo tweaking type affair. Personally (and I really think these things are uniquely personal, there are so many ways these shots can end up and it's entirely up to you how little or how much you want to tinker) the more I shoot, the more I try and get nice results out of the camera and tweak just a little. Anyone who shoots in RAW format is basically obliged to process, as the nature of the format demands it. Hope that's useful in some way! I'm still finding my feet in the murky world of photography, so know all too well how daunting the whole sordid business can be. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=333646#Comment_333646Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:39:31 -0500manglrAnd Jehrot - lovely portrait and back story, I can only image how delightful he must be as a correspondent.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=333939#Comment_333939Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:20:45 -0500256I know the satisfaction of producing an image that's perfect (i.e. finished) when it comes out of the camera, so to an extent I understand why some people make this a philosophy. But, actually, working on photos after I've taken them is one of my favourite things about photography. If I look at a batch of photos and find that there are none that would be better with a bit of work, it's almost more disappointing than if there are just no good photos at all. Which I think is interesting because, while you quite often hear film photographers say that they enjoy spending hours in the darkroom doing this or that with their negatives and prints, in the digital space post-processing is almost invariably a vile burden or insidious corruption of pure photography. I don't know why that should be.

I also don't know for certain why I like the post-process as much as I do. Certainly I'm more interested in the way that photography doesn't represent reality, and thus has no particular claim on authenticity, which is underscored by taking an image and totally screwing with it (collage, composites, image stacking, combining different exposures, post-texturing, etc.).

The other side of it might be that the act of taking a photo is extremely time sensitive (blink and you'll miss it), and (in the case of portraiture, which I love most but find hardest) depends on interaction with another person, both of which can be quite taxing. Whereas post-processing is contemplative and solitary. I don't know that I would want one without the other.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10566&Focus=334008#Comment_334008Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:20:22 -0500trini_naenaeI had a recent fascination with chives. Taken the same time I took photos of the robin's nest, but I haven't really posted them anywhere, so here goes: